One of each, huh? I'll try: 1)J.S. Bach--there are many great composers, but this man's works are still the standard for me, and I'm not a big Baroque fan otherwise. 2)too many--Beethoven 7th, Scubert 9th and Brahms 1st and 4th for the 1800s, Shostakovich 1st (and he was only 19!), Copland 3rd and Mahler 9th for the 20th Century. 3)I pass, I'm not an opera buff; however, as some called it his greatest "opera", can I nominate the Verdi Requiem? 4) Bach Mass in B Minor (by far the most difficult piece I've ever had to learn to sing). 5) Rachmaninoff 3. 6) Debussy (can't remember which one, though); if I can cheat and add a clarinet, the Brahms Clainet Quintet, probably my favorite chamber piece. 7) Morning Noon and Night in Vienna, Suppe, and anything by Rossini. 8) Liszt B minor. 9) Sheherezade, if only because of the Reiner version; also Ma Vlast, Smetena. 10) Brahms, with the Barber also up there. Too many more to mention, too....
